South Carolina Council of MOAA

Star Fort Chapter

Star Fort Chapter Membership Application

Welcome to the Star Fort Chapter website.

Our address is The Star Fort Chapter
Post Office Box 1501
Greenwood, SC 29648-1501

Our Email is starfortmoaa@yahoo.com

Our next Meeting September 26 meeting will be held at
Inn on the Square (5:30 PM)!!

Meeting Time:4th Thursday at 6:00 PM or lunch at 11:30 AM in Jan., March, May (Grand Harbor), July, Sept and Nov.

Next Meeting is on July 25 , 2024 at 5:30 PM
Meeting Place: Inn on the Square

September program- Our guest speaker will be Linda Caldwell, President of MOAA SC Council. Linda Caldwell received her BS in Nursing from the University of San Francisco and her MS in Nursing from Rutgers University. During her 47 year career she served as a Captain in the Army Nurse Corps, conducted research at a university hospital, taught nursing in an associate degree program, and, while working as a clinical specialist, developed oncology programs in two New Jersey community hospitals. Linda also worked in the pharmaceutical industry at Schering-Plough Corporation for fifteen years in a variety of roles including professional services, managing research studies, and Director of Clinical Consultants.In 1990, she was featured on a segment of NBC’s “Unsolved Mysteries” for her work in Vietnam as an Army nurse at the 67th Evac Hospital in Qui Nhon.

MEMBERSHIP. We welcome new members! All active duty, retired, National Guard, Reserve, former commissioned officers, and warrant officers of the uniformed services - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are eligible.
Please download our application form.
If you have questions, please check out About The Star Fort Chapter or contact us at starfortmoaa@yahoo.com.

MISSION: The mission of the Star Fort MOAA Chapter is to benefit the members of the uniformed services, their families, and survivors and to advocate for a strong national defense, while providing needed support to the community and its members.

CHAPTER ACTIVITES The Star Fort MOAA Chapter holds 6 Member Meetings featuring guest speakers on topics relevant to the members. Surviving Spouses hold 6 meetings per year and there are 6 Board Meetings a year. A special Memorial Day meeting is held each May. In addition, the chapter supports 4 local JROTC programs and 1 ROTC program. The chapter collects money at each meeting for the Wreaths Across America and participated in the program held in Greenwood. Members also participate in the “Last Patrol” program and the annual Veterans’ Day Parade. The chapter also places American Flags on the graves of Veterans for Memorial Day. At our November Meeting we raised money which will be donated to the Veterans Center to provide backpacks filled with items needed by homeless veterans in the Greenwood area. Surviving Spouse did special cards for veterans in assisted living facilities. Check out what we did last year under the 2022 link!!

LEGISLATIVE The Star Fort MOAA Chapter supports the MOAA national legislative agenda on- line and through the newsletter. We send our newsletter to our State Representatives and Senators to keep them inform of our chapter meetings and activities. The chapter is active in supporting the South Carolina Veterans Coalition focusing on bills to help active duty and veteran’s issues by attending meetings, in person and/or on-line, where we are briefed on the SCVC efforts and where the bills are in process and how to move them through until signed in law. We have contacted and meant with State Representatives and Senators to support this important effort.

DATES TO REMEMBER!

Aug 27, 2024 – Board meeting 4:30 PM at Greenwood Veterans Center

Sep 26, 2024 – Dinner meeting at Inn on the Square

Oct 29, 2024 – Board meeting 4:30 PM at Greenwood Veterans Center

If you want to take action, visit http://takeaction.moaa.org

If you want to join MOAA national go to MOAA - MOAA Home Page

Visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/StarFortMOAA/

Disclaimer: The Star Fort Chapter of MOAA is affiliated with the South Carolina Council MOAA and the national MOAA organization and all are nonpartisan.

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